[datacatalogs] Proposal: migrating datacatalogs.org to a new simpler setup

[Rebecca Williams]

FWIW.

I got some submissions via Pull Requests when I was trying to expand this
list for the U.S.:
https://github.com/sunlightpolicy/opendata/blob/master/USlocalopendataportals.csv

So I am pro-opening this up to more submitters however folks want to do it.


On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:18 PM, James McKinney <james at opennorth.ca> wrote:

> I use datacatalogs.org to maintain the list of Canadian data catalogs.
>
> I don’t see what file I would edit during a pull request. It looks like
> everything comes from Google Docs. Is the "CSV in git" part not done? Are
> reviewers expected to transform Google Form submissions into pull requests?
> Will the data sources (CSV or Google Docs) be synced with datacatalogs.orgbefore the switch?
>
> I see the new process as making it more difficult for non-tech-savvy
> maintainers to maintain their catalogs - they need to rely on git-savvy
> people. In any case, will the current catalog maintainers have commit
> access so that we don’t need to wait on OK staff to merge pull requests? I
> think the CSV should be in a separate repository.
>
> I’ve created new issues, and issues #8, #10, #16 should be the priority
> before any switch.
>
> James
>
> On May 9, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I would like to proposal to make datacatalogs.org simpler in various ways.
>
> Please let me know what you think :-)
>
> *Backend + Submission Process*
>
> I'd like to propose moving to either simple CSV (stored in git) or a
> google spreadsheet as our "database".
>
> We would then have new submissions either via google form and/or pull
> requests (if we go with CSV).
>
> This would make it much easier and quicker for people to submit info and
> for it to get reviewed (We'd need a couple of folks to volunteer as editors
> and review submissions as they came in (and maybe do a bit of
> classification))
>
> *Webapp*
>
> If we move backend to a simple CSV or likewise we can move to a much
> simpler "ultra-thin" webapp setup. Personally, I'd propose a simple nodejs
> app (running on Heroku).
>
> *Running Code*
>
> I'm able to put my money where my mouth is here :-) I have a running demo:
>
> http://new.datacatalogs.org/
>
> This actually was largely done a year ago with help of a few folks but
> have done final bit of work to have this running.
>
> Code: https://github.com/okfn/datacatalogs.org
>
> I'd love help here so if anyone wants to jump in let me know and I'll open
> up commit rights!
>
> Rufus
>
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